Metallic brake beam



(No Model.)

S. FOX. METALLIC BRAKE BEAM;

No. 419,603. Patented Jan.- 14 1890.

N PETERS. Photo-Lithograph Wnnlngfinn. D. C.

SAMSON FOX, or HARROGA-TE,

PATENT OFFICE.

COUNTY OF YORK, ENGLAND.

METALLIC BRAKE-BEAM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 419,603, dated January 14, 1890.

Application filed May 20, 1889- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMSON FOX, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Harrogate, in the county of York and King-' dom of Great Britain and Ireland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Brake-Beams, of which the following is a description.

This invention relates to a brake-beam of pressed steel of peculiar configuration, and adapted for the reception and support at the ends of the brake-shoe, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

My invention will be readily understood from the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents an elevation of my brake-beam, and Fig. 2 an end View showing the shoe attached.

My invention consists of a metallic box of the shape of the brak e-beam, having T-sh aped ends, all pressed from one piece of steel, the

said T-shaped ends being constructed for the Serial No. 311,478. (No model.)

blank of steel is suificiently large to form, when pressed, the T-shaped heads 0, which are adapted for the reception of the brakeshoe B. The brake-beam is drawn by astrap D, or by any other suitable mechanism. By the T-shaped heads 0, formed integral with the body of the metal, the shoes are firmly held in position, and rigidity at that point is insured.

WVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent. is

1. The brake-beam A, formed of pressed steel and having pressed therein the hollow T'-shaped heads 0, all formed from one plate of steel in the process of pressing, substantially as described.

2. The Within-described improved brake- 

